Working with PDFKit: How to make page breaks?

Question

Looking for some direction

I'm working with PDFKit. Everything is going fine but having trouble finding the methods (documentation / WWDC / elsewhere ) on how to stop text from drawing at a certain y position and start the next page. Any saved references or a snippet of code would be a great help.

Answer 1

I dont know, wether this is the best way to implement your use case, but it worked for me. When adding a new line into the PDF_Context, I recalculate a variable the keeps tracking of the current content height of my PDF_Page. When it exceeds a certain value, I create a NEW page, set the content height to zero and go on filling, ...

And you might wanna find some good answers, practices HERE -> RayWenderlich.

// my initial value
private var myCurrentPageContentHeight: CGFloat = 20
        
// in your PDF fill procedures add something like
myCurrentPageContentHeight += 40
            
// I also have a struct the encapsulates 
// PageSize with padding, ...
            
enum PDF_PageSize {
     case din_A4_Portrait
     case din_A4_Landscape
                
      // -------------------------------
      // getPDF_TotalRect
      // -------------------------------
      func getPDF_TotalRect() -> CGRect {
           switch self {
           case .din_A4_Portrait : return CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 595, height: 842)
           case .din_A4_Landscape : return CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 842, height: 595)
           }
 }
 // ....
 }